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Originally Posted by miraja2
A lot of the non-horse racing people on social media seem to think he made a good argument. All of the horse racing people strenuously disagree.
I don't condemn the guy toooo much. Obviously it's a tough moment to do an interview. But if a person is going to relish all the positive media attention as much as that guy has the past few weeks, he should probably be prepared to be at least a little gracious when the media comes calling in a tough moment.
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He probably would've been gracious if he'd lost the Preakness since the Derby was his big dream and it came true. Then you don't win the Preakness but you're the little guy who had a great moment. He starts feeling his media oats, all of them telling him what a great story he is, and he starts to believe the hype. Despite the story and the press, though, this just didn't have the heat behind it that Smarty Jones, Funny Cide, or even Big Brown had. I don't think it was the California-ness of it all. Didn't stop Zenyatta hype. Not sure what to blame it on, but I did notice that.
My parents were all 'yeah he's right' and have always tried to grumble that not enough horses run in all 3 races, that they ought to require participation or something. I try to tell them that's not a thing and wouldn't work, but they never get it. I told them Tonalist and Commissioner's owners would've gone in the Derby if they could've, it wasn't like they ditched it with healthy points-eligible horses.